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How the 'Shaun of the Dead' Script Directs Your Eye

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Watch a Professional Screenwriter Try to Crack A Scene in 7 Minutes

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Emily Carmichael

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10 TV Writing Fellowships To Launch Your Television Career

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Morgan Dameron

Here's How to Shoot and Edit Different Kinds of Dialogue Scenes

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Jo Light

'True Detective' Production Designer Ryan Warren Smith on the Power of Nostalgia

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Max Winter

Pioneering 'Boyz n the Hood' Director John Singleton Has Died

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Jo Light

Learn How 'GoT' Put the Most Epic Battle Ever Onto Screens

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Jason Hellerman

'High Life': How Claire Denis and Robert Pattison Fought for Their 'Solaris,' '2001'-Inspired Sci-Fi

4 years ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

Guillermo Del Toro on Writing, Directing and the Essence of Being

4 years ago by Dylan Kai Dempsey

Dylan Kai Dempsey

What We Can Learn from John Carpenter's Failed 'Ghosts of Mars'

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Our Favorite Lessons on Screenwriting from 'Breaking Bad'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Screenwriting Lessons

Jason Hellerman

Seth Rogen Explains the Difference Between Story and Plot

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How a Specific 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Scene Encapsulates Marvel's Heart

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

Why Silent Films Still Matter to Us (Watch Our Favorites)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Is an Audio Drama a Viable Narrative Medium? Ask William Gibson's 'Alien 3'

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Inciting Incidents: Create Dynamic Conflict in Your Screenplays and TV Pilots

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Go Behind the Scenes of 'Game of Thrones' S8E2

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

10 Tony Gilroy Quotes to Encourage Your Screenwriting

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The Director of 'Hereditary' Wants to Read Your Horror Script

4 years ago by V Renée

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horror

Horror Screenplay Contest

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V Renée

Fail Your Way Forward: How Average Joes Make It in Hollywood

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Script Rewrite Strategies and Tools (Even a Page One or Polish)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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all writing is rewriting

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Jason Hellerman

Be a Maester: 10 Writing Lessons from 'Game of Thrones'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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writing

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Screenwriting Lessons

David Benioff

DB Wiess

George RR Martin

Jason Hellerman

Try the Screenwriting Workout Used by the Writers of 'A Quiet Place'

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

The "3-Minute Rule" and The Neuroscience Behind Screenwriting

4 years ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Writers Will Now Sue Their Agents for Breach of Duty

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write a Logline for your Screenplay (Free Template)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

10 Lessons 'The Office' Can Teach Us about Screenwriting

4 years ago by V Renée

V Renée

How to Describe Your Character's Emotions (Free Download)

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Jason Hellerman

Patton Oswalt Offers Optimism for Unknown Creators

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Good Eats: What Food Choice Says About Movie Characters

4 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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Food

Jason Hellerman

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Call for Entries - Regular Deadline Shore Scripts 2017 Short Film Fund

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Justine Owens

Director of Contests

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Italian Miracle | Comedy Short Film

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"The Trump Diaries" - My RØDE Reel 2017 Entry

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David West

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How 'The Terminator' and 'T2: Judgment Day' create a unifying theme

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Terminator

Video Essay

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Paul Neary

Writer

What is STYLE_Short Film

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

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Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

148

$10,000 Short Film/WebSeries grant available now!

6 years ago by Matt Edwards

Matt Edwards

director/producer/editor

I made an award wining short, how bad is it?

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Pece Zdravkovski

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Writing a Synopsis For a Documentary

6 years ago by Alroy Ndhlovu

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Alroy Ndhlovu

Student/ Freelance

New Short Film/Indie Film

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NEW Comic Book Shop / Web Series - COMEDY

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Donovan Vim Crony

Director, DP, Editor, VFX, Sci-Fi Lover

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Recent Experience With Amazon Studios?

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Amazon Studios

Bruce Hyer

DP/Writer

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Call for entries open for Figari Film Fest 2017!

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Figari Film Fest 81

Top Ten Best Screenplays Ever Written

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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How to acquire the rights to a Novel?

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FB Live Q&A with the makers of Moonlight, La La Land, Arrival, & more

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Tech Geek 79

books for film direction?

6 years ago by Allauddin Bandlapalli

Allauddin Bandlapalli 81

Eights of the script... How?

6 years ago by Thomas Bunink

Eights

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Thomas Bunink

Student/Self Employed Freelance Filmmaker

109

Where can I buy an experienced & well versed screen writer?

6 years ago by Daniel Vestal

Daniel Vestal

Video Producer

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Feedback on a high school film project?

6 years ago by Noah Gunderson

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Noah Gunderson 81

Lense Recommendations

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Brendan Murray

Filmmaker/Photographer

Ejaculation references like erupting volcano

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Erotic

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volcano

Isabelle

Film Student

The Color Catchers

6 years ago by Yuvraj Soi

documentary

INDIA

Kites

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

148

Chance to have your script read in front of Fox's "Empire" Writer/Producer Malcolm Spellman!

6 years ago by Emily-Zoey Zamora

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How to Break into the Film Industry with Stage 32’s RB Botto

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

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indie film

no-budget feature film

no-budget feature

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Film Industry

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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How to Sell Your Idea to Television with Agent Matthew Doyle

6 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Television Writing

screenwriting

Screenwriter

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Making a short film?

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Dilip Suthar

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Andrea Mitchell

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Riley White

Director

Making a Short Film-

6 years ago by Dilip Suthar

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script

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

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Making a Short Film-

6 years ago by Dilip Suthar

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script

Dilip Suthar

Editor and Cinematographer

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